Kings Arms, 1 Frances Street, Woolwich SE18
Woolwich index
The Kings Arms Hotel. The original building was rebuilt about 1974 after an IRA bomb attack.
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Woolwich, Kent .
Kings Arms, 1 Frances Street, Woolwich SE18 - in March 2014
Kindly provided by Carol Kenna
Residents at this address
May 1848/Jacob James/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
May 1848/Alexander Melville Blest/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1852/Alexander M Blest/../../../Archdeacons Directory
1858/Alexander Melville Blest/../../../Melvilles Directory
1862/Alexander Melville Blest, Kings Arms, 1 Frances Street & Wellington
street, Woolwich/../../Post Office Directory
May 1862/Alex M Blest/Licensed Victuallers Association/../../Era
1867/Kings Arms hotel, Alexander Melville Blest, 1 Frances street, Woolwich/../../Post Office Directory
1871/Alexander M Blest/Wine Merchant/54/Harwich, Essex/Census
1871/Louise Smith/Housekeeper/21/Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire/Census
1871/Bessie Deacon/Barmaid/20/Saltash, Cornwall/Census
1871/Amos Guttridge/Cellerman/26/Leicester/Census
1871/Elizaneth Tuelove/Cook, Widow/46/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Ellen Dalton/Housemaid/23/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1871/Thomas Summerfield/Errand Boy/14/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census
+ Lodgers
1874/Alexander Melville Blest/../../../Post Office Directory
1882/Mrs Harriet Bowles, Kings Arms, 1 Frances Street, Woolwich/../../Post Office Directory
1896/G H Campbell/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Alfred Wordsworth/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1898, Walter Dobbin is listed in the electoral register at 246 Woolwich
road, which is the Roupell Arms,
Charlton. The Kings Arms Woolwich was being run by Walter Dobbin on the 1901
census; then later in 1911 census he is managing the
British Queen in
Wimbledon.
So several members of my family were Licensed victuallers : James Dobbin and
his wife Ann; their son Walter Dobbin and his wife Louisa; their son-in-law
Percy H Twitchin; his brother Harry Dobbin senior and Harry junior; and
finally another brother-in-law James Bartlett was a wine vault keeper in
Camberwell. More detail is listed in the
Dobbin family page.
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1901/Walter Dobbin/Licensed Victuallers Manager/29/Stratford, Essex/Census
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1901/Louisa Dobbin/Wife, Manageress/29/Guildford, Surrey/Census
1901/Ellen Burley/Waitress/26/Russell Square, London/Census
1901/Florrie Fisher/Barmaid/20/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1901/Harry Kirk/Barman/23/Chelsea, London/Census
1901/Maud Kerr/Housemaid/23/Woolwich, London/Census
1901/Alice Brown/Cook/35/Bermondsey, London/Census
1901/Walter Farnish/Barman/24/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Thomas Sullivan/Potman/27/Deptford, London/Census
1901/Arthur Fry/Clerk/22/Tottenham, London/Census
1904/Alfred Wordsworth/../../../Post Office Directory
1905/Alfred Wordsworth/../../../Post Office Directory
1908/Richard Wordsworth/../../../Post Office Directory
Woolwich Gazette 15 March 1910 - Transfers
Kings Arms, Woolwich from Richard Wordsworth to Gilbert McKenzie
1911/Gilbert MacKenzie/../../../Post Office Directory
1919/Gilbert MacKenzie/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/William R Herwin/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Rt Morgan/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Rt Morgan/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Rt Morgan/../../../Post Office Directory
* Provided By Nicky Longman